Favourite UK CityEdinburgh wins again for a remarkable eighth year running. Belfast rises an impressive 11 places to come in second while London limps home at No 17.

Best UK HotelHotel Du Vin & Bistro has maintained its position at No 1 for the fourth year, with the YHA rising to No 5.

Best Tour OperatorThis year the category was split into two, to reflect the scale of the market in each case. Large scale denotes companies that carry more than 50,000 passengers a year and small those with fewer than 50,000. In the first category, Trailfinders is a favourite with Guardian readers, while, in the small group, Original Travel has built a reputation for creating bespoke holidays for travellers.

Best Travel AgentFor the second year running Travel Counsellors, based in Bolton Lancashire, which uses an innovative network of 800 agents working by phone from home, is the winner.

Best Online Booking Servicei-escape, set up six years ago and which has leaped from nowhere to the No 1 spot, includes more than 700 stylish places to stay around the world.

Short Break CompaniesAmong the large carriers, Virgin Holidays was the winner. Inntravel scooped the prize among the small firms.

Best Ski CompanyA specialist company, Waymark, takes the title for the fourth time.

Best Cruise LineSwan Hellenic's small elegant ships sail from No 13 last year to the top spot.

Best Short-Haul AirlineWith a rapidly expanding network of cheap flights since it launched its first low-cost flight from Leeds Bradford to Amsterdam four years ago, Jet2.com just pips KLM to the post.

Best Business AirlineAlmost the same line up as last year. Emirates is the winner, followed by Virgin and then Lufthansa.

Best Car HireThe low cost online rental firm Carjet wins for the second year running.

Best Ferry CompanyClose competition between the top three with Speed Ferries hanging on to first place.

Best Overseas HotelFounded in 1963 with 20 Hotels around the world, Mandarin Oriental is the winner.

Favourite Overseas CityOnce again Hong Kong is the winner with Berlin as the top-ranked European City.

Favourite European CountryThere is a northern predominance, with Switzerland in first place, followed by Norway and then Sweden.

Favourite long-haul countryComparatively few readers visited Cambodia but they rated it so highly it jumped to the top slot. Vietnam was second, followed by Japan.

Judged awards

Ethical Travel AwardWinner: Under the Thatch, a privately owned collection of unusual self-catering properties in Wales. Second: Village Ways, a community project based in Binsar wildlife sanctuary in Uttaranchai, India. Third: Tribes Travel takes third place in recognition of its continued efforts to promote and encourage fair-trade travel.

Best Travel WebsiteFor the second year running the winner is Black Tomato.

· This article was amended on Tuesday November 6 2007. In the above article we were wrong to say that Cambridge, Cardiff and Leeds made their top 10 debut in the 'Favourite UK City' category. This has been corrected.